volume of 11 Oxberry's plays in attractive binding: Richard the third, Venice preserved, The hypocrite etc
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a) W.Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a tragedy. 1818. iv, [ii], 68p. Jaggard p372 b) T.Otway, Venice preserved, a tragedy. 1820. iv, ii, ii, [ii], 56p. c) P. Massinger, A new way to pay old debts, a comedy. 1818. [odd pagination to prelims, then [7] - 78p d) Bickerstaff, The hypocrite, a comedy. [no date]. v, [iii], 63p. e) A.Cherry, The soldier's daughter, a comedy. 1819. 3, [v], 72p. f) T.Holcroft, Deaf and dumb, an historical drama. 1819. iii, [v], 60p. g) S.J.Arnold, The shipwreck, a comic opera, 1820. ii, [ii], 27, [1]p h) S.Beazley, Is he jealous? an operetta. 1818. ii, [iv], 25p. i) T. Knight, The honest thieves, a farce. 1820. iii, [iii], 28p. j) The magpie, or the maid of palaiseau, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 36p. k) M.G. Lewis, Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks, small tears and creases. Titles and final pages of each play slightly soiled. Bound in half leather with very worn marbled boards. The leather in excellent condition and attractive - decorative gilt spine and green lettering label - Plays. Some slight wear to spine edges. Stamped with small R in circle to front and rear pastedowns. No frontises present..
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000894
- Title
- volume of 11 Oxberry's plays in attractive binding: Richard the third, Venice preserved, The hypocrite etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Simpkin and Marshall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- play theatre shakespeare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stratford and Shakespeare; Theatre;
Terms of Sale
Stephen Rench
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About the Seller
Stephen Rench
Biblio member since 2012
Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
About Stephen Rench
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